It is growing! I saw a commercial a couple of years ago that really struck me. It depicted two kids in a very modern home in Japan with their mother mulling about doing house work. Instead of playing video games on the large flatscreen on the wall, they were engaged in a math course talking to the teacher in real time. I have to believe that it is very real model that will evolve and succeed as it is at USC. Great article, thanks!
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Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says
Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes
By Brad Reed , Network World , 07/24/2008
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The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study.
Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services, but Gartner predic
According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
The unusual move comes as several U.S. cities elbow for a spot in Google's new "Fiber for Communities" program. The Web giant is going to install new Internet connections in unannounced locations, giving those communities Internet speeds 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer rates faster than 1 gigabit per second.
Google declined to comment on whether it's taking the whole "Google, Kansas" thing seriously.
I could understand the thoughth behind possibly wanting to slow down illegal downloads and make them less appealing to people but then to decide to slow down YouTube because it eats up bandwidth as well. At what point do they stop?
The decision will allow Internet service companies to block or slow specific sites and charge video sites like YouTube to deliver their content faster to users.
The court ruling, which came after Comcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent,
Earlier in the week, The Washington Post reported that Genachowski "has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated," a position favored by companies that say sweeping new regulations will deter investment and be overly burdensome.
This article explains how Facebook is deciding to allow third-party app developers to have access to the users phone number and address. It explains that Facebook is taking some precautions to make sure that this feature is as safe as possible, but others mentioned in the article do not agree that it is enough.
Here is another website from my list of news favorites. This one contains valuable information about the IT world in terms of business. This site is useful for getting big corporations views of the changes in social media etc...
This is a fabulous website holding vast amounts of current IT news. Some of it's articles are geared towards professionals, where as others are quite informative and easy to read.
In this Wall Street Journal article, users of the new Color App are warned their information is shared with all other Color users in their area. This is an app that is launching today, Thursday, March 23rd. Are we ready to police ourselves?